Automobile-fender.



C. SETZLER.

AUTOMOBILE FENDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 25, 1912.

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Patented July 7, 191:1

O. SETZLER. AUTOMOBILHFENDER. APPLICATION FILBD MAR. 25. 1912.

Patented July 7, 1914.

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srariis AUTOMOBILE-FENDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July "2, 191%.

Application filed March 25, 1912. Serial No. 686,152.

To all 107mm it may concern:

130 it known-that I, Cnannns SnTZLnR, a citizen of the United States, r siding at Booneville, in the county of Logan and State of Arkansas have invented new and useful lmprm'ements in Automobile-Fenders, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to automobile fen: ders, and has for an object to provide a fender that can be readily attached to and positioned on an automobile soithat should" a person be run down'and struck by the. machine he will be carefully picked up by the fender and thereby guarded against injuryby being run over by the car.

Another object of the invention is to provide means for yieldingly supporting the of the same.

Another object of the invention is to pro-" vide means for adjusting the fender to operative or inoperative position.

In the drawings, forming a portion of this specification and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views :Figure 1 is. a side view of an automobile showing the application of the fender thereto parts being shown in section. Fig. 2 is a similar View showing the tender in the position which itassumes after the object has been collected thereby. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on line 3.3 of Fig. l, and Fig. 4c is a perspective View of a portion of the fender.

The automobile 1 conventionally shown herein is orovided with a front mile 2 which is substantially of I-configuration in transverse section.

The fender 3 comprises'abasket frame which includes the upper section 4 and the lower section 5. The side bars of the lower section are'pivotally connected, at, 6, to the side bars of the upper section. The side bars of the said upper section are provided at points adjacent to the inner extremities of the side bars of the lower section 5 with with each other when the fender is in the position shown in Fig. 1. The lower sec 'tion 5 is provided with suitable supporting wheels which are adapted to travel on the ground. By yieldingly connecting the lower section 5 with the upper section 4 the fender will be permitted to pass over imperfections in the road or rocks or the like j without being injured thereby.

The basket-portion of the fender which is secured to the frame is in the form of a suitable foraminous bottom which preferably includes the flexible lower part 11- and the rigid upper part 12. Attaching brack- .et's 13 are employed for the purpose of coin necting the fender with the front axle 2.

"Thesehrackets each include companion sections 14 and 15 which are arranged in embracing relation upon the axle 2. The section 14 is provided with cars 16 which extend against similar ears 17 upon the section 15. Clamping bolts or like fastenings 1.8 extend through the ears for the purpose of holding the bracketsoperatively secured I upon the axle. The sections 15 of the b'rack ets are provided with ears 19 in which the top bar 20 of the section 4 of the basket frame is pivotally mounted.

Means 21 are employed for maintainingthe fender in normal collecting position, as shown in Fig. 1. This means comprlses one or more arms 22 on the sections 15 of the. brackets and cylinders 23. The cylinders are carried by the arms and the outer ends of the cylinders are closed by caps 24. Plungers 25 are adapted to reciprocate in the cylinders, and as illustrated, the rods 260]? the plungers are pivotally connected, at 27,. to the brackets 28 on the section 4 of the fender,

frame. located in the cylinders 23 and they are en gaged againstthe plungers 25 so as to hold them normally in their outermost positions.

Cushioning or buffer springs 29 are i k x Besides servlng as means for maintaining the, fender in normal collecting position, the

fender against the person jar, incident to the contact of the fender;

with the person, Will be reduced to a minition, asecond set-of shoulders formed on the mum. y

In traveling over country roads or other similar rough surfaces it is desirable to ad' just the fender to a partly inoperative position. In other words, it is found well to so adjust the fender that the wheels 10 thereof will be 'outof contact with the ground sur- 1o face. Considering the above I provide the cylinders 23 with-threadedpassages SO and in each passage is mounted a screw 31. One

cndof the screw may be engaged against end of the screw carries a knurled manipulating portion 32. From this construction it is seen that the screw can be adjusted so as to engage against the plunger and move the same longitudinally in one direction in the cylinder to thereby elevate the fender to partly inoperative position. It is of'course understood that when the fender shown in Figs. 1 to l, inclusive, is in use the screws 31 are adjusted so as, to perinit-the retarding plungers 25 to operatively move, as described. I claim:

1. A fender including a frame comprising,

an upper and a lower section, means for pivotally connecting the side bars of said sec tions, shoulders formed on the inner extremities of the side bars of the lower section, a second set of shoulders formed" on the ends the bars of the upper scctioiiand adapted "t'0normally abut against the first shoulders, .and springs carried by the side bars of the up ier sectionan d having,- their free ends Engaging. the side bars of the lower section fdresiliently retainthelower section in its normalposition. Q, A fender including a frame comprising an-- upper and lowersection, means for pivotally connecting the side bars of said See- Copies of this patent may be obtained for the plunger 25 of the easing and the other .tions,' 'shouldei s formed on the inner extremities of the side bars of the lower secends of the side bars of the upper section and adapted to normally abut against the first.shoulders,-a nd means for resiliently retaining said shoulders in their normal position.

3. A device of the class described includ ing attaching brackets, a frame pivotally connected to said brackets, arms carried by the brackets, cylinders supported lby said arms, reciprocating plungerswithin said the springs.

' 5. A fender for automobiles comprising brackets adapted to engage the front axle of an automobile, cylinders carried by the brackets, yieldable means in the cylinders, a basket frame pivotally mounted in the brackets, and means mounted for reciprocatory movements in the cylinders and bear-' ing against the said yieldable means and pivotally' connected with the said basket frame. In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' CHARLES SETZLEB.

Witnesses: x

.H. Hess, \e Fran D. MoCoRMAoK.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, -Washington,1).0. j

cylinders and rods pivotally connectingsaid 'p'lungers to the fram'e,-as and for the pur- 

